Community & Social Justice

Of 40 participants in Mindful Yoga courses at 2 women's prisons, 84% experienced meaningful improvement in mental wellbeing (measured using the validated Warwick-Edinburgh Mental Wellbeing Scale), with the proportion reporting low mental wellbeing falling from 69% to 5% and high mental wellbeing rising from 0% to 18%

Over 1,300 prison mentors accredited via a bespoke AQA Level One in Teaching Reading across 78 prisons — recognising the skills developed by people in prison as they teach others to read, enhancing their employability on release and providing concrete evidence of learning progression for the first time in Shannon Trust's history

75% of all programme graduates continue to work towards breaking cycles of reoffending in their primary role, with nearly 40% promoted to a frontline leadership role — demonstrating sustained, career-long commitment to prison reform beyond the two-year programme

92% of Life After Prison podcast listeners say it increases their awareness of available support services, 86% say it makes them feel motivated to make positive changes in their lives, and 77% have taken positive action after being inspired by something they heard — demonstrating sustained behaviour change post-release

24 ex-offenders progressed to employment following the Rebuilding Your Success programme — including 4 into roles directly with Rebuild With Hope — with participant testimonials describing transformation from HMP Thorn Cross into stable employment with qualifications in PAT testing, bike maintenance and warehouse and retail skills

The reconviction rate for Langley Trust clients remained within the target of 3% during 2024/25, demonstrating consistent rehabilitative outcomes across a client group that includes MAPPA-managed individuals, people with complex mental health needs, and those deemed 'hard to place' by other providers — validated by CQC 'Good' ratings across all inspected registered care services

Momentum guided self-help programme improved overall participant outcomes from 50% to 83% across the course of the programme for 374 people with binge eating disorder, reflecting meaningful gains in motivation, confidence and recovery-related knowledge — delivered as a clinically-recommended intervention at no cost to participants

Fewer than 5% of Longford scholars return to prison, against a national reoffending backdrop where this rate is significantly higher — and just under 85% of award-holders go on to graduate or move into graduate-level employment, demonstrating that higher education is a highly effective and cost-efficient rehabilitation pathway